List of Missouri Secretaries of State
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The people below have all served as the Secretary of State
for the U.S. state
of Missouri
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Secretary of State (U.S. state government)
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Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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| Name | Party | |Term | County |
| Joshua Barton Joshua Barton Joshua Barton was the first Missouri Secretary of State and was involved in three duels with prominent Missouri politicians before being killed in a duel.... |
Democrat-Republican | |1820–1821 | St. Louis St. Louis County, Missouri St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all... |
| William Grymes Pettus William Grymes Pettus William Grymes Pettus In 1818 Pettus came to St. Louis from Virginia where he served in the War of 1812. While a land office clerk in St. Louis he was elected secretary of the State Convention which wrote the Constitution for Missouri, when it entered the Union in 1821. His public service included... |
Democrat-Republican | |1821–1824 | St. Charles |
| Hamilton Rowan Gamble Hamilton Rowan Gamble Hamilton Rowan Gamble was the chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court at the time of the Dred Scott Decision in 1852, when his colleagues voted to overturn the 28-year precedent in Misssouri of "once free always free". He wrote a dissenting opinion... |
Democrat-Republican | |1824–1826 | St. Louis |
| Spencer Darwin Pettis Spencer Darwin Pettis Spencer Darwin Pettis , U.S. Representative from Missouri. The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel over the United States Bank issue with Major Thomas Biddle. The quarrel escalated into a duel in which both men were killed on Bloody Island near St... |
Democrat Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
|1826–1828 | St. Louis |
| Priestly Haggins McBride | Democrat | |1829–1830 | Boone Boone County, Missouri Boone County is a county centrally located in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the eighth most populous county in Missouri. In 2010, the population was 162,642. Its county seat, Columbia, is the fifth largest city in Missouri and the anchor city of the Columbia Metropolitan Area.-History:Boone... |
| John C. Edwards John C. Edwards John Cummins Edwards was the ninth Governor of Missouri from 1844 to 1848. He belonged to the Democratic Party. He was born in Frankfort, Kentucky and died in Stockton, California.... |
Democrat | |1830–1835 | Cole |
| Henry Shurlds | Democrat | |1835–1837 | Washington Washington County, Missouri Washington County is a county located in East Central Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 25,195. The largest city and county seat is Potosi... |
| John C. Edwards John C. Edwards John Cummins Edwards was the ninth Governor of Missouri from 1844 to 1848. He belonged to the Democratic Party. He was born in Frankfort, Kentucky and died in Stockton, California.... |
Democrat | |1837 | Cole |
| Peter Garland Glover Peter Garland Glover Peter Garland Glover was a U.S. politician from Missouri.He was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, and later moved with his family to Callaway County, Missouri. From 1830 to 1832, he served as a county judge. In 1832, he was elected to the state legislature. From 1835 to 1837, he served as State... |
Democrat | |1837–1839 | Callaway Callaway County, Missouri Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 44,332. Its county seat is Fulton. The county was organized in 1820. It was named for Capt. James Callaway, a grandson of... |
| James Lawerence Minor | Democrat | |1839–1845 | Marion |
| Faulkland Heard Martin | Democrat | |1845–1849 | Jefferson Jefferson County, Missouri Jefferson County is a county located in East Central Missouri in the United States. The county was included as the mean center of U.S. population in 1980. It is the sixth most-populous county in Missouri. Census 2010 put the population at 218,733 Its county seat is Hillsboro. The county was... |
| Ephraim Brevard Ewing | Democrat | |1849–1853 | Ray |
| John M. Richardson | Democrat | |1853–1857 | Greene Greene County, Missouri Greene County is a county located in Southwest Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 275,174 making it the fourth most populated county in Missouri. Its county seat is Springfield... |
| Benjamin Franklin Massey | Democrat | |1857–1861 | Jasper Jasper County, Missouri Jasper County is a county located in the US state of Missouri. It is included in the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2010 total population of Jasper County was 117,404. It is the ninth most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Carthage, making it one of the few... |
| Mordecai Oliver Mordecai Oliver Mordecai Oliver was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Anderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studied law.... |
Unionist Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
|1861–1865 | Greene Greene County, Missouri Greene County is a county located in Southwest Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 275,174 making it the fourth most populated county in Missouri. Its county seat is Springfield... |
| Francis A. Rodman | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
|1865–1871 | Buchanan Buchanan County, Missouri Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 89,201. Its county seat is Saint Joseph. When originally formed in 1838, the county was named Roberts County, after settler Hiram Roberts; it was renamed in 1839 for James Buchanan, then a U.S.... |
| Eugene F. Weigel | Democrat | |1871–1875 | St. Louis |
| Michael Knowles McGrath | Democrat | |1875–1889 | St. Louis |
| Alexander A. Lesueur | Democrat | |1889–1901 | Lafayette |
| Sam Baker Cook | Democrat | |1901–1905 | Audrain Audrain County, Missouri Audrain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 25,529. Its county seat is Mexico. The county was organized in 1836. Audrain County was named for Col. James Hunter Audrain. Col. Audrain was Colonel of militia in the War of 1812. In 1830 Col... |
| John Ephraim Swanger | Republican | |1905–1909 | Sullivan Sullivan County, Missouri Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the population was 6,714. Its county seat is Milan.-History:Sullivan County, Missouri encompasses of high glaciated prairie covered by steep rolling hills and numerous creeks and streams in north central Missouri... |
| Cornelius Roach | Democrat | |1909–1917 | Jasper |
| John Leo Sullivan | Democrat | |1917–1921 | Pettis Pettis County, Missouri Pettis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The county was organized in 1833 and is named for U.S. Congressman Spencer Darwin Pettis. As of 2000, the population was 39,403... |
| Charles U. Becker | Republican | | 1921–1933 | Polk Polk County, Missouri Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 31,137. Its county seat is Bolivar.Polk County is part of the Springfield, Missouri, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :... |
| Dwight H. Brown | Democrat | |1933–1944 | Butler Butler County, Missouri Butler County is a county located in the southeast Ozark Foothills Region in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 42,794. The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff. The county was officially organized from Wayne County on February... |
| Gregory C. Stockard | Republican | |1944–1945 | Cole |
| Wilson Bell Wilson Bell Wilson Bell was an American politician. He served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 1941 to 1945.-References:... |
Democrat | |1945–1947 | Washington |
| Edgar C. Nelson | Democrat | |1947–1949 | Cooper Cooper County, Missouri Cooper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the population was 17,601. Its county seat is Boonville. The county was organized in 1818 and is named for Sarshall Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Indians near Arrow Rock in 1814.-Geography:According to the 2000... |
| Walter H. Toberman | Democrat | |1949–1960 | St. Louis |
| Robert W. Crawford | Democrat | |1960–1961 | Vernon |
| Warren E. Hearnes Warren E. Hearnes Warren Eastman Hearnes was an American politician and the 46th Governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973. He was the first Missouri Governor eligible to serve two consecutive four year terms, and a lifelong Democrat... |
Democrat | |1961–1965 | Mississippi Mississippi County, Missouri Mississippi County is a county located in the Bootheel of Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county's population was 13,427. A 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 13,504. The largest city and county seat is Charleston... |
| James Kirkpatrick | Democrat | |1965–1973 | Henry Henry County, Missouri Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 21,997. Its county seat is Clinton. The county was organized in 1835 as Rives County, and renamed in 1841 after the American patriot Patrick Henry, of Virginia. The county was originally named after... |
| James Kirkpatrick | Democrat | |1973–1977 | Barton |
| James Kirkpatrick | Democrat | |1977–1985 | Cole |
| Roy Blunt Roy Blunt Roy D. Blunt is the junior United States Senator from Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party. His Senate seat was previously held by Republican Kit Bond, until his retirement.... |
Republican | |1985–1993 | Greene |
| Judi Moriarty | Democrat | |1993–1994 | Pettis |
| Richard Hanson Richard Hanson (Missouri politician) Richard Hanson served as secretary of state of Missouri in 1994 following the removal from office of his predecessor, Judith Moriarty.A Democrat from Cole County, Hanson served on an interim basis in 1994 from the time of Moriarty's removal from office by the Missouri Supreme Court following her... |
Democrat | |1994 | Cole |
| Rebecca McDowell Cook | Democrat | |1994–2001 | Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Cape Girardeau County is a county located in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 75,764. While the largest city in the county is Cape Girardeau, the county seat is actually Jackson, which was the first city named in honor of President... |
| Matt Blunt Matt Blunt Matthew Roy Blunt served as the 54th Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2009. Before his election as governor, Blunt served ten years in the United States Navy, was elected to serve in the Missouri General Assembly in 1998 and as Missouri's Secretary of State in 2000.A Republican, Blunt was elected... |
Republican | |2001–2005 | Greene |
| Robin Carnahan Robin Carnahan Robin Carnahan is an American politician, daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan and the current Missouri Secretary of State. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, to replace retiring Republican Sen... |
Democrat | |2005– | Phelps Phelps County, Missouri Phelps County is a county located in south-central Missouri in the United States.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it includes the mean center of U.S. population in 2000. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county's population was 39,825. A 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 42,205.... |